Craigslist Founder Is Donating $10 Million to Fight U.S. Hunger Crisis
Craig Newmark Philanthropies is channeling money to the food-insecure amid a projected shortage of 8 billion meals.
José Andrés outside his World Central Kitchen in Washington. Craig Newmark Philanthropies is donating $10 million to such charities.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North AmericaCraig Newmark, founder of Craigslist Inc., is donating $10 million to hunger-related charities. It comes as the problem of feeding Americans is growing exponentially worse.
So far, Newmark has donated $3 million to six grantees, including DC Central Kitchen, FareStart, and Second Harvest of Silicon Valley. “I realized that with the pandemic, a large number of people are going to bed hungry—and frankly, that set me off,” said Newmark via a phone interview.